Acts 9:19–29

¹⁹and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul Preaches in Damascus

For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,^{* 20}and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” ²¹All who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem among those who invoked this name? And has he not come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”^{* 22}Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus^q was the Messiah.^r*

Saul Escapes from the Jews

²³After some time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,^{* 24}but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him,^{* 25}but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall,^s lowering him in a basket.

Saul in Jerusalem

²⁶When he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.^{* 27}But Barnabas took him, brought him to the apostles, and described for them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.^{* 28}So he went in and out among them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. ²⁹He spoke and argued with the Hellenists, but they were attempting to kill him.^*